Antheridium
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
"Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple."
- 2 the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers wordnet
Example
More examples"Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple."
Etymology
From anther + -idium.